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IMF finds almost 40% of jobs worldwide exposed to AI

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Source: International Monetary FundAlso reported by IMF Blog (Kristalina Georgieva)

An IMF staff discussion note, “Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work”, published on 14 January 2024, estimates that almost 40% of global employment is exposed to AI. Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva wrote that about 60% of jobs in advanced economies could be affected, against about 40% in emerging markets and 26% in low-income countries.

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Finance ministries and central banks cite the IMF’s exposure figures when planning for AI’s effect on jobs, wages and inequality, and the IMF returned to the question in its 2026 note.

When
14 Jan 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0074
Who
IMF; Kristalina Georgieva

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from International Monetary Fund and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at International Monetary Fund

Source copy: download the page as saved on 21 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0074: “IMF finds almost 40% of jobs worldwide exposed to AI.” wheresthe.ai, 14 Jan 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-imf-sdn-genai-future-of-work-2024-01/ (source: International Monetary Fund).

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